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MlLarea L. Davis 4/28/87 Tape 1 Whitman County Historical Society interviewed by Susan Warner SIDE I 0-4 4-6~ 6~-8~ 8~-10 10-21 21-24~ 24~-32 32-37 37-42 42-45 45-48 Introduction. Story of younger brother throwing hat out car window because his mother wouldn't pass the car in front of them. Chores around the farm. Mother made and sold butter to private customers. In high school, Mildred and her brother fought over delivery of butter because they felt it was beneath them. Mildred got to give up "hay rake" job to brother who was now old enough to take over. Tells of long days of picking and canning vegetables, fruits and meats. School teacher lived with their family. Two to three children in each grade in one room school house. Mildred only child in her class from 6th - 8th grades. Grandparents emigrated from Russia. ·Mother born in Wilcox, city no longer in existence. After marrie~,bought Eureka farm in Dusty. Social functions revolved around school, not church. Met husband at New Year's Eve party at her parent's house. Married at 23 yrs old. Jobs were scarce, no money to get married earlier. Parents only had a few years of schooling a piece- too much work to do at home, had to take care of younger children. Gathered at grandmother's in Endicott for dinners after church on Sundays. Baseball was very popular. Holidays were observed by families individually. Too far to travel elsewhere in winter without antifreeze. Mother made most clothes. Father built bathroom into first house; very forward thinking man. He also signed people up for REA to get electricity into their homes. Bore three children; two girls and one boy. Judy was delivered in the home in Endicott. Did not work after children were born. Instilled religion into her family and taught Sunday school for ten years. Dances and movies main forms of entertainment. Drinking non-existent among girls. Graduated year of Depression. Could not attend WSU because of lack money. Enjoyed work, but knew she was missing out on social activities. Self paced Business school for a few months. 48-53~ END OF SIDE 1 Dad hunted birds, rabbits in winter. Made own sausage, cured hams and butchered pigs. Mother canned most meats. Never an end to work, constant canning, gardening or care of children.
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Title | Davis, Mildred L Oral History Interview, 1987 |
Interviewer | Warner, Susan |
Date | 1987-04-28 |
Description | 44 minute oral history with Mildred L Davis, conducted for a Women in the West (HST 398) course at Washington State University. Discusses community entertainment, moving from a single room school to a high school, and clothing people wore. Chores were gender-oriented on a farm - cleaning and cooking was done by the women while the manual and farm work went to the men. She worked as a clerk until she married then she devoted her time to her family and farm. |
Subject | Rural women; Women domestics; Farm life |
Coverage | North and Central America--United States--Washington (State)--Whitman County--Colfax; North and Central America--United States--Washington (State)--Whitman County--Endicott |
Type | Sound |
Genre | Interviews |
Publisher | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Rights Notes | In copyright. Item is in copyright until 95 years after 2011 publication date. |
Identifier | ua220b01f02 |
Source | Is found in Archives 220, Women in the West Oral Histories https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/ua220.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc |
Holding Institution | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries |
Contributors | Digitization and description funded through a National Endowment for the Humanities We the People grant for Washington Womens History to the Washington Womens History Consortium, a part of the Washington State Historical Society. |
Language | English |
Digitization | Original audio cassettes were converted to wav files using Audacity and a USBPre interface. Mp3 files were then created from the wav files for online access. Film clips were created as mpeg-4 files using Adobe Premiere Elements 9 to add selected images to the wav audio files, and then converted to flv files for online display. Print documents were scanned to 300dpi pdf format using a Xerox Workcentre 5030 copier/scanner. |
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Title | ua220b01f02_Abstract |
Full Text | MlLarea L. Davis 4/28/87 Tape 1 Whitman County Historical Society interviewed by Susan Warner SIDE I 0-4 4-6~ 6~-8~ 8~-10 10-21 21-24~ 24~-32 32-37 37-42 42-45 45-48 Introduction. Story of younger brother throwing hat out car window because his mother wouldn't pass the car in front of them. Chores around the farm. Mother made and sold butter to private customers. In high school, Mildred and her brother fought over delivery of butter because they felt it was beneath them. Mildred got to give up "hay rake" job to brother who was now old enough to take over. Tells of long days of picking and canning vegetables, fruits and meats. School teacher lived with their family. Two to three children in each grade in one room school house. Mildred only child in her class from 6th - 8th grades. Grandparents emigrated from Russia. ·Mother born in Wilcox, city no longer in existence. After marrie~,bought Eureka farm in Dusty. Social functions revolved around school, not church. Met husband at New Year's Eve party at her parent's house. Married at 23 yrs old. Jobs were scarce, no money to get married earlier. Parents only had a few years of schooling a piece- too much work to do at home, had to take care of younger children. Gathered at grandmother's in Endicott for dinners after church on Sundays. Baseball was very popular. Holidays were observed by families individually. Too far to travel elsewhere in winter without antifreeze. Mother made most clothes. Father built bathroom into first house; very forward thinking man. He also signed people up for REA to get electricity into their homes. Bore three children; two girls and one boy. Judy was delivered in the home in Endicott. Did not work after children were born. Instilled religion into her family and taught Sunday school for ten years. Dances and movies main forms of entertainment. Drinking non-existent among girls. Graduated year of Depression. Could not attend WSU because of lack money. Enjoyed work, but knew she was missing out on social activities. Self paced Business school for a few months. 48-53~ END OF SIDE 1 Dad hunted birds, rabbits in winter. Made own sausage, cured hams and butchered pigs. Mother canned most meats. Never an end to work, constant canning, gardening or care of children. |
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